Virtual training software provider Strivr increased its total funding to more than $23m, having been incubated in partnership with Stanford’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab.

Strivr, a US-based virtual training software provider incubated in partnership with Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab, has raised $16m in a round led by venture capital firm GreatPoint Ventures (GPV). Founded in 2014, Strivr is developing a virtual reality (VR) software platform that will be used for occupational training simulations to help employees practice on-the-job situations to improve their performance. It is designed to reduce training costs and enhance productivity. Strivr will use the capital to pursue business growth in the enterprise segment and will add Ray Lane, managing partner at GPV, to its board of directors. Sporting league National Football League reportedly supplied Strivr with an undisclosed amount of funding in June 2017, after Strivr had received $5m in December 2016 from carmaker BMW’s corporate venturing unit, BMW iVentures, as well as VC fund Signia Venture Partners and investment firm Advancit Capital. Strivr also raised $555,000 and $1.5m from undisclosed investors in 2014 and 2015 respectively, according to regulatory filings. – A version of this article first appeared on our sister site, Global Corporate Venturing.

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